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  • Kim Davis Switches Political Parties, Now A Republican–Receives Support from Pope Francis

    Kim Davis is no longer a Democrat. The Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue marriage licensea for gay and/or lesbian couples has switched political parties and is now a Republican.

    “She has come to the conclusion that the Democratic Party has left her,” her lawyer, Mat Staver, said Saturday in a statement. “She has decided to switch her voter registration. However, the issue of religious freedom in this case is not a partisan issue. It is neither Republican nor Democrat. It is an inalienable right and what makes America the land of liberty.”

    Staver added that Kim Davis “has been a lifelong Democrat but has received no support from the Democratic Party or leaders.”

    Kim Davis’s political party switch was revealed on Friday when she was asked by a Reuters reporter if she had ever thought of switching parties.

    “I’ve already done that,” she answered.

    Davis added that members of her family had become Republicans, too.

    “They’re all changed,” she said. “My husband and I had talked about it for quite a while.”

    On Friday night, Kim Davis was honored at the 10th annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. The event–a gathering of social conservatives–was sponsored by the Family Research Council, the same group Josh Duggar worked for before resigning due to his sexual molestation scandal.

    Kim Davis received the “Cost of Discipleship” award. She addressed the group, saying, “I want to start by thanking my Lord and my Savior Jesus Christ, because without him none of this would have ever been possible. For he is my strength that carries me and it is his mercies that follow me every day. And it is his love that endures all things.”

    Kim Davis received support from Pope Francis during his visit to the United States in recent days. He says refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples is her right.

    Kim Davis was ordered to jail earlier in September for her refusal to issue marriage licenses bearing her name to same sex couples.

    How do you suppose most Republicans feel, knowing they now have Kim Davis on board?

    What are your feelings about Pope Francis’s support for the Kentucky county clerk?

  • Brett Favre Endorses Thad Cochran in US Senate Race

    Brett Favre, retired NFL quarterback, recently lent his support to Republican incumbent Thad Cochran in his bid for reelection to the United States Senate.

    Favre was born in Gulfport, Mississippi and raised in the nearby small town of Kiln. He attended University of Southern Mississippi before being drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1991 NFL Draft.

    Cochran is up against Tea Party-backed state Senator Chris McDaniel in the Mississippi primary. Voters first went to the polls on June 3, in a vote that slightly favored McDaniel. However McDaniel needed at least 50 percent of the votes, which he didn’t get. So he and Cochran will face off again on June 24.

    “A lot of people stayed home because they thought we had it in the bag,” Cochran said after the June 3 vote. “Now we’ve discovered that this is a close election. I’m appealing to my friends and supporters to get busy and work with me.”

    Cochran and his backers are pulling out all the stops, and that’s where Favre’s endorsement comes in. Favre lent his support in the form of an advertisement on the US Chamber of Commerce’s YouTube channel:

    “I’ve learned through football that strong leadership makes the difference between winning and losing. And when it comes to our state’s future, trust me: Mississippi can win and win big with Thad Cochran,” Favre said in the ad. “Thad Cochran always delivers, just like he did during Katrina.”

    Cochran’s tenure in the US Senate dates all the way back to the Carter Administration: he was first elected in 1978, making him the third most-senior Senator and the second most-senior Republican member.

    The US Chamber of Commerce is one of Cochran’s biggest supporters. They’ve spent more than $500,000 on campaign ads in his race against McDaniel.

    The Chamber has funneled its support through the Mississippi Conservatives PAC, headed by Henry Barbour, nephew of former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour who still wields tremendous political influence in the state.

    According to the younger Barbour the US Chamber of Commerce has “credibility with regular folks down here, and people pay attention when they engage.”

    But some see the Barbours’ support of Cochran as an example of good old boys taking care of one of their own, part of a “Republican elite that would rather cut deals with Democrats to spend more public money than rein in the size and power of the federal government.”

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  • Lindsey Graham Wins South Carolina Primary

    In shocking news last night, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost in the Virginia primary to dark-horse Tea Party candidate and political newcomer, David Brat. This defeat for the Republicans follows disappointing news from the Mississippi primaries last week, in which incumbent Thad Cochran was forced into a runoff with challenger Chris McDaniel.

    Fortunately for the Republicans, they were able to rebound last night following a victory by veteran South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.

    Much like Cantor and Cochran, Graham has faced much resistance and opposition from his home state for not being “conservative” enough. The Tea Party has been able to mount quite a vocal challenge based around Graham’s bipartisan approach to politics, singling out his soft stance on illegal immigration, his support of climate change legislation, and his approval of President Obama’s two Supreme Court nominations as reasons why Graham should be replaced in the Senate.

    Unfortunately for the anti-Graham populace of South Carolina, there were perhaps too many opponents running against 12-year incumbent.

    With almost all precincts reporting on Tuesday night, Graham held 57 percent of the popular vote, more than enough to avoid a runoff. His next closest opponent, State Senator Lee Bright, accumulated only 15 percent of the vote. None of Graham’s other 4 challengers broke double digits.

    Graham was able to fend off Tea Party opposition through multiple means, perhaps the most important being spending. Following his 2008 election, Graham recognized the potential future threat the Tea Party posed. Planning ahead, Graham began a hard campaign to raise as much money as possible. Over the span of six years, Graham was able to raise $12 million for his campaign – none of Graham’s challengers surpassed the $1 million mark.

    This huge surplus in funds allowed Graham to advertise himself to every voter in South Carolina through a variety of mediums: “He’s on every television station, he’s on every radio station and he’s just done his homework. He has effectively muted his opponents, because none of them can match him, dollar for dollar,” stated David Woodard, the Thurmond Professor of Political Science at Clemson.

    Graham was also able to quiet his opponents criticizing him for not being conservative enough by being consistent with his views. Many believe Cantor’s loss was due to his soft, wavering stance on immigration. While Senator Graham shares the same views on immigration as Cantor, he was able to overcome his opposition by sticking to his guns on other conservative issues, such as the repeal of Obamacare, pro-business legislation, and especially his warhawk foreign policy positions.

    “The reason I’m going to win the primary, overwhelmingly I hope, is I’m a Ronald Reagan Republican,” Graham stated during the South Carolina GOP debates last week.

    If the Republican party wants to avoid more crushing losses in the near future, perhaps they should look towards how Senator Graham ran his campaign. Or, taking another lesson from Graham, consult the Ronald Reagan playbook.

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  • Cliven Bundy Cuts Ties With The Republican Party

    Southeastern Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy has officially left the Republican Party. Along with his wife, Carol, Bundy appeared at an event in Las Vegas on Friday to register with the Independent American Party. Bundy, who was a featured speaker at the said affair, was honored by the Party for his “courage” in defending for the sovereignty of the state.

    Bundy is best known for his involvement in a long-standing conflict with the United States Bureau of Land Management over his refusal to renew his cattle grazing permit in Bunkerville, Nevada. The ongoing dispute, which started in 1993, was sparked by Bundy’s protests against modifications in the grazing rules in USBLM-administered lands. In 1998, the Nevada District Court banned Bundy from grazing his cattle on the Bunkerville Allotment.

    The peak of the dispute happened in April when hundreds of armed individuals headed over to Bundy’s property to express their support for the cattle rancher. More than 140,000 hectares of public land were previously closed by the federal government in order to “capture, impound, and remove” all trespassing cattle. After negotiations among Bundy, Sheriff Doug Gillespie, and USBLM director Neil Kornze, the situation was managed and the seized cattle were released.

    Apart from the grazing dispute, Bundy was also implicated in a racist controversy, in which he suggested that black people “would be better off as slaves” rather than recipients to government subsidies. This remark caused Bundy to be condemned by the media as well as some fellow Republicans, who distanced and disassociated themselves from the rancher.

    Cliven Bundy’s racist rant

    During the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, President Barack Obama condemned Bundy’s racist comments.

    The Independent American Party is currently the third-largest political party in the state of Nevada. According to a tally released by the Nevada Secretary of State, the Party has more than 70,000 members, although the number of “non-partisan” voters could be much higher.

    Cliven Bundy joins Independent American Party

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  • Republican Party Must Back Minimum Wage Hike

    “For all the Republicans who come on and talk about, ‘we’re for the blue-collar worker, we’re for the working person,’ there are some basic things that we should be for. One of them is reasonable increases from time to time in the minimum wage.”

    That was no liberal making that statement. That was Republican and former Minnesota governor, Tim Pawlenty, a man that some Republicans once wanted to see in the race for President. Pawlenty made the statement on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program.

    Pawlenty added, “If you’re going to talk the talk about being for the middle class and the working person, if we have the minimum wage, it should be reasonably adjusted from time to time.”

    According to the Washington Post, when Pawlenty was governor of Minnesota, he signed one minimum wage law into effect, but vetoed another. Minnesota’s minimum wage had long been one of the lowest in the country.

    In the recent dust-up between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate over minimum wage increases, a lot has been about midterm electioneering. Republicans just handed the Dems a party-line vote that prevented a bill raising the federal Minimum Wage to $10.10 from coming to the floor.

    It is not likely that Democrats expected or even really wanted that bill to make it to the floor. Rather, they wanted that issue to be in the minds of Americans as they consider who to vote for in the upcoming midterms.

    Pawlenty himself is now head of the Financial Services Roundtable. He clarified that he would not support the bill that was recently in consideration in the Senate.

    “(W)hile I support reasonable increases in the minimum wage, the proposal being presented by the Senate majority goes too far and too fast,” the former governor said. “I wish [Democrats] would work with Republicans to find a reasonable compromise on this issue.”

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  • Chris Christie: Re-Elected as Governor in New Jersey

    Christ Christie has taken the state of New Jersey and won the re-election on Tuesday. This win put him in a prime position to speak as the key Republican contender for the next presidential term. This election in New Jersey was unique in that most of his supporting voters are Hispanics,women of all races, voters of African descent, and young voters. These are voters that traditionally Republicans have had a bit of difficulty attracting during elections.

    Even though Christie was not for many of the popular issues he was able to win the re-election. Examples of these important issues are increasing the minimum wage, abortion, and same sex marriages.

    The governor spoke directly to the nation in Asbury Park a popular Convention Hall. In the past this hall has been used for concerts, but on Tuesday it was his platform to reach the nation. “I know that if we can do this in Trenton, N.J., then maybe the folks in Washington, D.C., should tune in their TVs right now and see how it’s done,”.

    During his speech he spoke openly to Republicans on moving beyond their traditional supporters.  “We don’t just show up in the places where we’re comfortable, we show up in the places we’re uncomfortable,” he said, adding, “You don’t just show up 6 months before an election.”

    The Republican National Committee former chairman, Ed Gillespie stated, “We’ll be led back by our governors, and Chris Christie is now at the forefront of that resurgence,”. “He’s proved that a conservative Republican can get votes from Hispanics and African-Americans, that a pro-life governor can get votes from women. This means that those voters are available to us, that we’re not shut out demographically or geographically — that it’s worth the effort.”

    Even though Christie has discussed his plans to run for the presidency in 2016, it is not clear how that will complicate his responsibilities as the governor.  Some people are not truly certain that Christie has reeled in enough support or made enough change to the Republican party.

     

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  • Tea Party vs. GOP in Government Shutdown

    Veteran Republicans, finding the GOP the party mostly assailed for the clinging government shutdown, is lashing out at Tea Party lawmakers as those refusing to yield and allow the country to move forward. Polls over the last days that place the blame for the stalling in Washington directly on Republican shoulders are being used as ammunition against the Tea Party and some argue will lay foundations for election bids in 2014.

    Echoing many Americans who are fed-up with the federal government, former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu calls, “It’s time for someone to act like a grown-up in this process.” Sununu points the finger equally at President Barack Obama and Tea Party goers for the shutdown. He is joined by former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and other GOP loyalists across the country.

    And it seems that even if laying blame at the doorstep of any one group or person is probably a useless endeavor, many are at least warning the Tea Party that a re-branding may be in order. But that term implies selling out to many Tea Party loyalists as demonstrated by an ad attributable to their official Facebook page.

    Tea Party

    In a Saturday interview, NPR’s Don Gonyea discusses a visit to a Georgia-based Tea Party meeting where he contends there is no room for cutting deals, “I’ve got a taste at this Tea Party meeting I went to of how much pushback the GOP is getting from within its own party.” Gonyea goes on to an example of a former Tea Party luminary, Senator Marco Rubio (Florida), who is held up as an example of the diversity in the party being of Hispanic descent but who was booed by the crowd for having landed on the wrong side of the immigration debate (from the view of Tea Party politics).

    “It is the kind of pushback that the larger party gets from the Tea Party, from evangelicals, from other groups within the party that say: wait a minute, what do you mean rebrand? Does that mean you want to kind of mute our message or hide me over in the corner? No think you. We’re going to be front and center.”

    [Image via Tea Party official Facebook.]

  • Republican Party Attempts to Talk Money Instead of Obamacare

    The government shutdown has been in the headlines ever since its start, and the ridiculousness that is the Republican party has wasted no time in making even more of a scene out of the whole ordeal. The Republican representatives have made no small show of their outrage over the Affordable Care Act, or, as they have so infamously dubbed it, “Obamacare.” Most of the raging temper tantrum the party has thrown has been blamed on the act, bringing vast amounts of misinformation, misplaced anger, and confusion on to the public as parks, public resources, and thousands of jobs were shut down because Republicans didn’t take kindly to the idea of readily available health care.

    It seems, however, like the Republican party is trying to change up its game plan mid-game. Perhaps in light of the 8 million American citizens who submitted their applications for the Affordable Care Act, they have decided that criticizing an act that a majority of people seem to like and wish to take part of might not be the best course of action. What, then, is left for the Republican party to turn to? why, the tied and true, of course! Time to focus on the economy!

    The party has turned to expressing interest in reigning in debt deficits, straying carefully away from such harsh focus on the evils of “Obamacare.” According to Yahoo, Paul Ryan, a prominent House Republican and chairman of the House Budget Committee, “proposed that Republicans and Democrats work out a plan to curb costly entitlement programs and overhaul the tax code as part of negotiations to end the U.S. government shutdown and raise the country’s borrowing limit.” There has also been talk of raising the debt ceiling, which president Obama has stated he would be willing to consider.

    Perhaps this shift of focus towards financial topics, rather than temper tantrums over “Obamacare,” indicates that the shutdown’s end is close in sight. Only time will tell if a focus on financials means anything more when it comes to putting an end to this shutdown; let’s all just hope that it doesn’t last too much longer.

    [Video courtesy of News Distribution Network.]

  • Bobby Jindal, “We’re All Frustrated…”

    Bobby Jindal, “We’re All Frustrated…”

    Today, Louisiana governor and chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Bobby Jindal, expressed frustration with the government shutdown and the lack of leadership in Washington while speaking with ABC’s Chief White House Correspondent, Jonathan Karl, and ABC News Political Director, Rick Klein, on Politics Confidential.

    “Like every other American, we’re all frustrated with what’s going on in D.C.,” says the potential 2016 presidential contender. “You’ve got a House that’s only passed five appropriations bills, a Senate that hasn’t passed any. You’ve got a Senate that does one budget bill approximately every five years. That’s not leadership.”

    But Jindal is not stopping the buck at the Hill for absent leadership, “We don’t see leadership out of the White House. … He [Obama] has time to golf, he has time to negotiate with the Iranians, doesn’t have time to negotiate and talk to the Congressional leadership, doesn’t have time to find common ground. That’s what real leaders do.”

    When Karl directed a question about Republican Party stalling tactics to reopen the government, requiring changes to Obama’s health care law, Jindal responded, “I’m not interested in Republican fratricide… I’m not interested in getting into micromanaging their tactics.”

    Jindal chose rather to promote state vs. federal actions, saying that while Washington is about a lot of talk, “the real action is at the state level… in state capitals, we’re actually getting things done.”

    The RGA chose last Thursday to preview a major ad campaign promoting governors’ work in their home states. The campaign called American Comeback highlights interviews with Republican governors, especially those seeking reelection next year, and the theme of the early interviews seems to be consistently pointing a finger at Washington for preventing the states from making progress. The first round interviews include Jindal, John Kasich (Ohio), Susana Martinez (New Mexico), Nikki Haley (South Carolina) and Scott Walker (Wisconsin).

    With regards to a possible 2016 run, Jindal did promote the idea for the next Republican nominee to be a governor. “It’s too important of a job… I think chief executives make better presidents, and I think governors have been tested and proven,” Jindal said, referencing a criticism of the president, that he lacked the experience running a state, a company, etc. before his taking office.

    Jindal says he does not know about his own plans for an upcoming presidential bid. He passed off questions by saying it was too early and referencing other elections coming in the interim.

    [Image via Bobby Jindal official Twitter.]

  • Jack Lew: US Treasury Secretary Threatens America with Debt Ceiling

    In a brazen attempt to raise the already exploding US public debt, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Congress on Wednesday that the government will spend all its borrowed cash by October 17th, and demanded trillions in new money to keep financing Washington DC’s insatiable appetite for debt.

    “The debt limit impasse that took place in 2011 caused significant harm to the economy…If Congress were to repeat that brinkmanship in 2013, it would inflict even greater harm on the economy. And if the government should ultimately become unable to pay all of its bills, the results could be catastrophic,” threatened Lew, in a letter addressed to Speaker of the House, John Boehner.

    Boehner quickly signaled complete capitulation and surrender by assuring Lew that the debt limit in fact will be raised. “…we need to surrender work together soon on a bill that raises the debt limit and deals with causes of the debt by cutting Washington spending and increasing economic growth,” said Boehner’s spokesman, Michael Steel.

    Jack Lew has been notorious in his total disregard for the American people and has been criticized for deception and evasiveness by both Democrats and Republicans in the past. Here is Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) questioning Lew, the then White House Budget Director, during the February 2011 budget hearings.

    After Lew’s anointment as Treasury Secretary he squared off with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) on the systemic nature of US financial crisis in May this year:

    Democrats and Republicans have repeatedly quarreled over raising of the debt ceiling, with each side blaming the other for the catastrophe that would unleash if the deadline passes without satisfying Washington DC’s demands.

    While the conservative wing of the Republican Party has made some faint noises of rebellion in opposition to raising the limit, every time the deadline approaches, the far-left GOP House leadership led by John Boehner, Eric Cantor and former Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, invariably yields without a fight over spending cuts.

    The latest debt limit bill could be introduced as early as Friday in the House, where GOP holds the majority, but there are indications that enough Republicans will join the overwhelming majority of Democrats to offer trillions in new money to finance Federal government’s programs.

    A few Republicans including Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have waged a quixotic crusade to use debt ceiling as a leverage to delay the implementation of Obamacare, but with scant support from within their own party, all their efforts have been null and void from the start.

    At the same time President Barack Obama has made it clear that he will not bargain with GOP on tearing an even bigger hole in America’s finances, and Democratic leadership led by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are clamoring for a debt limit increase without any stipulations or spending cuts.

    From 1995 to 2011, the debt ceiling was raised 12 times to finance the enormous growth in US government spending.

    During this period, Federal Reserve, which has an unlimited capacity to create “money”, pumped trillions of Dollars in the financial sector leading to massive real-estate and bond bubbles coupled with runaway inflation in medical-care, education and housing.

    In order to placate the gullible GOP electorate, the Republican led House has already passed a stop-gap spending bill that prioritizes payments to bondholders, Social Security retirement checks and provisions for nation-building abroad.

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  • GOP Convention Begins With a “Debt Clock”

    An abbreviated 2012 Republican National Convention will begin today with the activation of a “debt clock.” Repbulican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus will call the convention to order at 2 p.m. this afternoon. He will then promptly activate the “debt clock,” which will show a representation of the total U.S. National debt and count up towards $16 Trillion during the convention.

    “This clock reminds every delegate and every American why we are here in Tampa – because America can and must do better,” said Priebus. “Every American’s share of the national debt has increased by approximately $16,000 during the current administration.”

    Priebus added that Mitt Romney would be able to “turn this fiscal mess around.”

    The activation of the debt clock will be the only official event of the Republican National Convention on Monday. A full speaking lineup was originally scheduled, but worries about Tropical Storm Isaac caused convention organizers to rearrange the schedule. Nearly the entire convention will now take place in three days instead of four.

    A full current schedule for the convention can be found on the Republican National Convention’s website. Some of the speakers to be featured during the convention include Speaker of the House John Boehner, former senator Rick Santorum, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (who recently became the first woman to join Augusta National), and, of course, Mitt Romney.

  • Obama’s ‘Life Of Julia’ Keeps Democrats At Social Media Forefront

    Last week the Republican party launched a Social Victory app to try to get a foothold onto what has been a one sided battle: The fight for social media dominance. This fight was utterly dominated by Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election, and some strategists pointed to this as a huge reason why he won so handily.

    The 2012 campaign has seen basically the same thing. Mostly due to the fantastic job the Democratic party did last time to build up their good social media karma, they are still riding high. As you can see from the infographic below, even with all of the Republican Presidential hopefuls put together, they don’t even make a dent into what is an enormous social media advantage for Obama.


    Thanks to Overdrive Interactive for this great Infographic!

    This kind of forward thinking has allowed the Obama reelection people to focus on promoting their ideals and beliefs, and not spending time to build a social media presence. This is where the ‘Life of Julia‘ slideshow comes in. In something that resembles a Google product release video, ‘Life of Julia’ follows a fictional woman who, throughout different stages of her life, is benefitting from the entitlements given to her by President Barack Obama.

    “Julia starts her own web business. She qualifies for a Small Business Administration loan, giving her the money she needs to invest in her business. President Obama’s tax cuts for small businesses like Julia’s help her to get started. She’s able to hire employees, creating new jobs in her town and helping to grow the local economy.” This kind of political showcase is how and where the Democrats have a chance at getting Obama reelected. The Republicans will have a huge unknown factor unless they can do something to show that they know how to run a social media campaign that is effective.

  • Jon Huntsman Announces Candidacy, Creates Obligatory Twitter Account

    It looks like the Republican Party has another candidate to consider this primary season, as Jon Huntsman has officially thrown his name in the mix and announced his candidacy.

    The former Governor of Utah and U.S. Ambassador to China under the Obama administration joins a crowded field already populated with names like Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann. Huntsman is now the second person of Mormon faith to enter the Republican primary field.

    His connection to the Obama administration is thought by many to be a hindrance to his campaign, considering the strong anti-Obama feelings held by many Republican voters. Today, in his speech in New Jersey backdropped by the Statue of Liberty, he addressed his service under the current President –

    He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better President; not who’s the better American.

    You can watch his announcement speech below –

    Watch live streaming video from jon2012 at livestream.com

    It also appears that up until this announcement, Huntsman did not have a Twitter account. @JonHuntsman only has two tweets currently, the first of which was tweeted out about an hour ago. He also only has about 1700 followers –

    @JonHuntsman
    Jon Huntsman    Watch live at www.Jon2012.com and follow live tweets from my announcement at @Jon2012HQ #Jon2012 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    Also popping up in the last few hours was @Jon2012HQ, his official campaign Twitter account. This account’s first tweet was a couple of hours ago, and since then it has live tweeted his Presidential announcement.

    @Jon2012HQ
    Jon 2012    .@JonHuntsman I respect my fellow Republican candidates and I respect the President of the United States. #Jon2012 1 hour ago via Twitter for Mac · powered by @socialditto

    Huntsman has had a Facebook page for a little while now. He currently has just under 5,000 likes. In comparison, frontrunner Mitt Romney has over 1 million. It’s no surprise that Huntsman jumped aboard the Twitter ship. Social Media is going to be absolutely vital to the candidates, both during primary season and then for the general election. It’s no secret that President Obama is a social media superstar.

    In his speech today, Huntsman said that “our challenges are many, and they are urgent. We are a resourceful, ingenious, determined, problem-solving people.” If that is true, we are also a people who loves information in concise packages. We also love connection (or at least the illusion of connection) with politicians and (other) celebrities. Huntsman’s team knows this, and his jump onto Twitter shows that the face of elections has changed. They are truly fueled by social media.